Terry, I have read on a few occasions "they" suggest storing the music on external drive away from the music program. I have usb and it works fine. Sometimes you may have to tweek your read ahead cache or check DMA (direct memory access) in the control panel, but it works well, even with 1.1 USB.
Terry

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jam on,
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